Glamorous GOP Rep. tells Joe Rogan about experience with UFO while in Air Force
Conservative House Representative Anna Paulina Luna sat down with the UFC commentator during an episode of the Joe Rogan Experience aired on Wednesday.
During the more than two-hour segment, Luna, 36, detailed what she believed to have been an extraterrestrial experience.
She said she spotted an unidentified anomalous phenomenon (UAP) while serving as an air manager at the Portland Air National Guard.
UAP is a term adapted by the government to broaden the scope of unexplained sightings because UFO specifically refers to flying otherworldly objects.
There was an 'airspace incursion' that she feels was oddly swept under the rug.
'I remember talking to some of the pilots about it, and I was like, "what was that?" And they're like, "We can't really talk about it,"' she recalled.
'No one really wanted to address it, and so from what I had gathered, that had been likely a UAP.'
A glamorous Florida congresswoman shared a jaw-dropping UFO encounter she had while serving in the US Air Force on an episode of Joe Rogan's (pictured)podcast
Luna went on to explain she did not look at the possibility of UFOs or UAPs through a 'crazy lens or perspective.'
'You never know if we're the only ones out there,' she bluntly asserted.
Luna has been vocal about her belief that UFOs are 'not of human origin' and has called for more federal government transparency on the matter.
She told Rogan that the sentiment that people reporting these kinds of sightings are 'crazy' is a 'disinformation campaign to get people to shut up about it.'
'We know that the US government has not exactly been clean about a lot of what they've done with the American people, specifically to the topic of UFOs,' she said.
The MAGA firebrand has been persistent in her pursuit to unveil what she believes to be the truth about UFOs.
She is a member of the House Committee on Oversight, which has been probing the possibility of UAPs and urging federal officials for 'transparency.'
'Congress and the American people have fundamental questions on the topic of UAPs and incursions near sensitive military installations,' a November 2024 press release from the committee reads.
'Increased disclosure and transparency are needed to provide security and information.'
In August 2023, she even threatened to defund Pentagon bosses' salaries if they refused to cough up their alleged secrets.
Luna's threat came just after a congressional hearing where 14-year intelligence veteran David Grusch testified under oath that he had evidence of a secret alien ship crash retrieval program, presenting pictures and interviews with insiders.
In February last year, she solidified her stance once again on the Grant Mitt Podcast.
After a classified meeting with Air Force whistleblowers, she 'absolutely believes' the aircrafts she and many others have described are 'of non-human origin.'
Luna also claimed that at that same meeting she was 'men-in-blacked,' first by officials from the Pentagon who attempted to cancel the visit, and then by CIA agents who were inexplicably shadowing her meeting with the Air Force personnel.
Her phrase referred to the pop-culture conspiracy theory image that originated from the 'Men in Black' of government agents in black suits, who are sent to keep people quiet about UFO sightings.
'Being a member of Oversight, we follow up with whistleblowers, and we also can conduct our own investigations,' she said.
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